Frohman, Charles (1860–1915)

US theatrical agent and manager, who produced an endless series of plays in New York and London. He founded his own Empire Stock Theatre Company, developing such notable acting talents as John Drew, Maude Adams, and Ethel Barrymore, and encouraging new playwrights like J M Barrie and Somerset Maugham.

Born in Sandusky, Ohio, he settled in New York as a young man and worked at a variety of theatres and agencies, setting out as an independent manager in 1883 and then as a booking agent. Extravagant as a personality and in his productions, he died while still active when he went down with the torpedoed Lusitania. His brother was theatre manager Daniel Frohman.